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- RBA
* Kentucky
* Statewide
* March 7, 2005
* KYKY04.04.22
- Birds Mentioned:
 
Common Loon     
Horned Grebe    
American White Pelican  
Wood Duck       
Canvasback      
Redhead 
Ring-necked Duck        
Greater Scaup   
Lesser Scaup    
Long-tailed Duck        
Bufflehead      
Common Goldeneye        
Hooded Merganser        
Red-breasted Merganser  
Ruddy Duck      
Northern Bobwhite       
Lesser Yellowlegs       
Least Sandpiper 
Thayer's Gull   
Lesser Black-backed Gull        
Forster's Tern  
Tree Swallow    
Fox Sparrow     
 
 
- Transcript
 
Hotline: Kentucky
Sponsor: The Kentucky Ornithological Society,
http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm
Date: March 7, 2005
Number: (502) 326-0878
To Report: (502) 326-0878 or smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Coverage: Kentucky and Southern Indiana
Compiled: 11:00 AM, EDT, March 7, 2005
Transcriber/Compiler: Scott Marsh
E-mail: smarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
 
This is the Kentucky Bird Line, sponsored by the Kentucky Ornithological
Society.  This update is current as of  March 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM EDT.
The highlights of this update are:
 
The first shorebirds of the year have been posted this week. On the 5th
17 LEAST SANDPIPERS were observed on Jonathon Creek. On the 6th a single
LESSER YELLOWLEG was seen at Blood River, and 4 were seen at the sloughs
of Henderson. 
 
Water fowl numbers are good right now. Highlights include a single
LONG-TAILED DUCK on the 5th at the dams of LBL, along with a COMMON
LOON, and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were also
seen in Lexington (20+), and at Meldahl Dam in Bracken County on the
6th. These birds were in there breeding plumage. RUDDY DUCKS (also in
breeding plumage), COMMON GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, REDHEAD, and WOOD DUCKS
were also reported from the Lexington reservoirs over the last several
days. Meldahl  dam also produced 25 REDHEAD, 8 CANVASBACK, 260 LESSER
SCAUP, and 165 HORNED GREBE. Both the LESSER SCAUP and the HORNED GREBE
were seen at most areas reported from. Also 60 RING-BILLED DUCK were
observed at the sloughs.
 
200 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN are still being seen on the mud flats of
Blood River, and FORSTER'S TERN were seen there and at Jonathon Creek.
Both THAYER'S and  LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULLS were viewed from the dam
area of LBL on the 5th. A single TREE SWALLOW was also noted in the same
outing.
 
Lastly, FOX SPARROWS were reported this week from Pike County and at
Raven's Run in Fayette County.
 
Thanks for calling the Kentucky Bird Line.  You may leave a report after
the tone.  Please include your name, the date, the location, and the
time of your observation when filing a report.  If your report contains
rare or out of season species, please send appropriate documentation to
the
 
KBRC
Lee McNeely, Secretary
Post Office Box 463
Burlington, KY  41005
 
More information about the KBRC and KOS may be found at the KOS web site
at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm.
- End Transcript
 


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